Rowntree Coat of Arms, Family Crest and Rowntree Family History

Rowntree Family History

The names Rowntree and Roantree in Ireland have been in the country since the fourteenth century and are of Anglo origin initially. These names were introduced by settlers, especially into Counties Cavan and Armagh where the majority of descendants can still be found. Rountree, Rowan, Rohan and Ruane are variants of this name.

A Sept is an ancient form of a Clan and is a group of people whose ancestors all bore the same surname and inhabited the same locality.